Play treasure master

Chapter 267
"Yeah, it's the first time I help someone watch a high imitation. Fortunately, it's an imitation of Dong Yuan. It's not ashamed to say it." Yu Yao smiled wryly.

"How can I call you a shameful thing?"

When we arrived at Liulichang, we parked our car in a nearby parking lot, and Wu Chen and Yu Yao strolled past.

It's really a small shop, the main entrance is not on the street, and only after entering an alley on the side of the street did I see the face of the small door.

Although the door face is small, the plaque is big and the tone is big. The name of the store is "Chinese Painting Tiantai".

However, after walking in, the inside is not cramped, mainly because several wing rooms have been opened up.

There is no counter, and there are Eight Immortals tables and chairs against the wall on one side.In the center is a long painting table with "flat sides" made of iron wood. Although it is a new thing, the workmanship is not bad. There are pen holders, inkstones, ink ingots, paperweights, etc. on one side of the table, as well as rolled up calligraphy and painting felts.

There are many calligraphy and paintings hung on the walls on all sides, and there are several large blue and white vats on the innermost wall, all of which are stuffed with scrolls.

The shop owner was a lean man, about fifty years old, with thinning hair and sunken eyes.But the eyes are very bright, and she is well dressed, with a light gray stand-up collar and short sleeves, revealing the cuffs of the white shirt, the golden buttons are shining, and there is a string of dark eight immortals carved on one wrist. It's the beginning of the year.

"Wu Chu, you're early enough. I was thinking of you coming in the afternoon. After you're done, please go to the old restaurant at the front door and have a bite of the roasted duck heart."

"Don't say such polite words to me. It's a bit difficult for you to treat me to dinner. Come on, let me introduce you first."

Then, Wu Chen introduced to both parties. The shop owner's surname is Guan, Guan Yuanli, and Wu Chen called him Lao Guan. In front of Yu Yao, he joked that he started his business by relying on a few "back door fall".

Speaking of the back door, it is similar to the Suzhou film, but it is not as early as the Suzhou film. It is a synonym for fake calligraphy and painting from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, many antique calligraphy and painting shops sprang up in the Di'anmen area.Di'anmen can be regarded as the back door of the Forbidden City, so it has this name.

The antique calligraphy and painting shops in the back door area are very popular, because they are close to the water, so many dignitaries and rich people, as well as some foreigners, like to come here to shop for things.

A large number of calligraphy and paintings imitating the old collection of the Qing Palace came into being, and many people bought them as genuine ones because the level of forgery was extremely high.First of all, the materials are old silk, old paper and old ink obtained from the palace, and the painters are not mediocre. For example, Qi Kun who imitated Tang Bohu and Wen Zhengming, and Ma Jin who imitated Castiglione are all famous artists. up.

Calligraphy and painting with the back door upside down, until now, still appear on the market, and some of them have flowed abroad, the lethality is not small, and there are probably many people who still regard it as the real thing.

When Wu Chen introduced Yu Yao, he exaggeratedly used "a master of painting and calligraphy appreciation", which made Guan Yuanli grit his teeth.Of course, believe it or not.

"It's better to come early, there are fewer people, my little buddy hasn't come yet!" Guan Yuanli was about to let them have a drink of tea at the table of the Eight Immortals, but Wu Chen waved his hand and proposed to look at the painting directly.

Guan Yuanli didn't give in, and then carefully took out an old mahogany calligraphy and painting box from the cabinet.This box is of course a late match, the material is not bad, and the workmanship is unambiguous. It is carved with dragons and phoenixes, and the Buddha depends on gold.

The paintings inside are without the scrolls and framed, only the center of the painting, about one and a half meters long and two feet wide, the old silk is brown and yellow, and it is not new to the eye.

The picture is the scene of the early sunshine after the rain, the mountains and mist, the waterfall and the flowing spring.

Guan Yuanli pressed the two ends with a paperweight, and raised his hand, "Wu Chu, please keep your eyes open?"

Wu Chen glanced roughly at first, but Yu Yao took a look at the fineness of Lao Juan first.

In the end, without looking carefully, Wu Chen pointed at Guan Yuanli and yelled, "Old Guan, you are trying to amuse me!"

"Don't buckle your hat like that, Wu Chu, I'm the first one to look for you when I got this good thing."

""Qinglan Waterfall Picture"! The real thing is in the beautiful Freer Art Museum!"

Guan Yuanli smiled slightly, "Wu Chu, others don't know, don't you know? The painting "Qinglan Flying Waterfall" in the Laomei Museum is said to be a copy of the Qing Dynasty!"

"Of course I know this! But such a well-known work, a heavy-duty picture, does not need to look carefully, the heart will be cold!"

"Wu Chu, you said it yourself, and you didn't look at it carefully! Let's not discuss whether it is authentic or not, but the date is at least earlier than the Qing Dynasty, right? Besides, this one is different from that one! There is money!" Guan Yuanli said while reaching out his hand to click on the place where the money was signed.

There is indeed a signature on the painting, in vertical regular script:
Dong Yuan, deputy envoy of Beiyuan.

During the Five Dynasties, Dong Yuan was an official in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and indeed served as Beiyuan's deputy envoy, so later generations also called him Dong Beiyuan.

"It doesn't matter if you bring money or not." Wu Chen pondered.

To be honest, the quality of this painting is still very high, at least not worse than "The Back Door Falls".

"That's right! Your eyesight is here! The money is just a decoration." Guan Yuanli held it up, and then pointed to a rock, "Look at this mochi, it's quite in place!"

Phi Mochai, the technique of landscape painting, was initiated by Dong Yuan.The shape is like scattered hemp, scattered and intertwined, and it is mostly used to express the structure and texture of rocks.

"However, this silk and ink can't reach Song Dynasty!" Wu Chen followed after pondering.

In fact, although Wu Chen agreed that this old silk and old ink was earlier than the Qing Dynasty, he could not judge that it was not in the Song Dynasty, and he didn't take a closer look. He saw that it was "The Picture of Qinglan and Flying Waterfall", and then he called Guan Yuanli. up.

Guan Yuanli waved his hand, "It's still the same sentence, whether it is authentic or not is not discussed, but this old silk and old ink is destined to go to Song Dynasty!"

Both the ones sold and the ones bought were tacitly understood, and it was impossible to regard them as Dong Yuan's authentic works.But imitations are not the same as imitations. The same painting skills, of course, are more valuable the older they are.Guan Yuanli will not let go of the fact that he will not arrive in the Song Dynasty.

At this time, Yu Yao was still looking at it carefully. After reading the silk and ink, he was examining the brushwork again.

As for Dong Yuan, Yu Yao actually couldn't see through it.

There are too few historical materials about this person, both Dong Yuan and Dong Yuan are controversial, and his experience is relatively vague, and his personality, concepts, and beliefs are also unclear.He is more like a concept, a concept in art history and textbooks.

Later generations of painters who admire Dong Yuan also have different understandings of Dong Yuan from the point of view of comments.In other words, they all hide a Dong Yuan in their hearts, a Dong Yuan who is different from others.

Wu Chen did not continue to refute Guan Yuanli, but looked at Yu Yao.Yu Yao just raised his head at this moment, as if talking to himself, "I seem to have seen this painting somewhere..."

"Huh?" Wu Chen couldn't help being taken aback.

Guan Yuanli chuckled, "Mr. Yu, this painting is not easy to come by, so I really can't say more about it."

He had misunderstood Yu Yao, thinking that Yu Yao was deliberately leading the conversation, and wanted to ask where he came from.

In fact, Yu Yao didn't mean that, for a moment he really had the feeling that he had seen it in a daze.

Wu Chen waved his hand to Guan Yuanli, "Old Guan, just wait a moment, let's have a word."

(End of this chapter)